one of my fog lights was punctured and had moisture, then it started to corrode the chrome, got some time to finally fix the problem.

1. take off bumper

2. unhook fog light and take it out

3. unscrew a 10mm bolt under the fog light and squeeze a clip and push out the fog light.

4. put the fog light in the over at 250deg. for about 15-20 min.

5. put some safety glasses on and some gloves (fog lights will be warm, and protect your hands for glass), pry with a screw driver on the edge of the fog light lens. it will start to crack apart.

6. take out the glare cover by unscrewing a philips screw



7. i went to Walmart and got some Air Craft Paint Remover (tried about 5 different paint removers and didnt work)


8. spray it on the fog light (make sure u read the caution part on the can). repeat as necessary.

after one coat of air craft remover


9. get a scotch pad and sand it down a bit

before-

after-


10. let dry and start painting. fog light covers painted


11. fog lights painted



12. place fog light on lexan glass and trace around fog light.



13. keep cutting until u get a good fit.

14. mount eveything up and check fit.


15.now u could either put the glare shield back in or leave it out. i left it out

16.get some silicone glue and put some around the edge of the fog light, dont put too much or it will squeeze out and look ugly. put some electrical tape on the corners to hold it down.



17.all done


18. install fog light



19. stand back and look at your hard work





how it looks when im parked in front of my garage


20. adjust fog lights if need.

i left the fog light on for about 30min to see if the silicone was going to get hot and start melting. all was and i its going to stay that way

 

another win in your ever ending war with chrome.

 

head light are next

 

Ooo, very pretty!

Now toss in an HID foglight kit

 

i need money for hid's. doingg mods that are cheap but effective

 

Good work! I recently did the same with my fogs:

 

Very nice as well Volly. Not to sidetrack the thread... I was about to say I want to colour co-ordinate my foglights too like y'all are doing, but I'm looking at some shots of the A-Spec and can't tell... are the A-spec foglight frames body colour too? If so, that saves me one mod I'll have to do!

 

mine were stainless steel, just like volly has.

 

Yeah, I've got an 02 NGM TL like Volly as well and mine are the same... just wondering what the A-Spec has tho since I know it's got some unique changes.

I'll have to eventually fix up my passenger side fog light before I sell this car off (I have the same problem you had)... but I think I'll just order one off ebay instead... just easier and simpler that way...


Still, I'm very much loving what I see with your mod...

 

Nicely done.

 

good work, with the flatter paint, is it dimmer?

 

its a bit dimmer but i wasnt going for light output, i got 6000k hids for that. i was mostly trying to fix the lens and corrosion and figured id paint them the same color as the car.

 

^^good point, i have hid fogs as well and brightness isn't an issue. I would like to seal off the glare shield to block the straight on light to reduce glare, but perhaps getting hi temp ceramic paint on the tip of the bulb would help...like the oem 9006 halogens have

 

Nice DIY! Did you make sure to get heat-resistant and weather-resistant Lexan? Some people who didn't get the heat-resistant Lexan have had their lenses brown or melt over time.

 

Nice work, props to you .

But just so ya know, you don't have to remove the entire bumper to get the fog housings out, just raise the front of the car and get an extension on your ratchet, there is a cut out in the underside of the bumper to allow access to the 10mm bolt that holds the fog housing in place, and pull out from the large side of the housing.

 

 

i know but i was also working on my upper and lower grills.

 

Like AMgala said make shure you get the right lexan. I bought replacement lexan lenses from a guy at ebay. I have Hoen xenon match in my fogs and they started to melt the glass right in front of the bulb. I asked him what the deal was and he said send it back and i will replace it. I bought need fogs instead housing and all. I didnt know there are different lexan as far as temp.resistance.

 

nice, looks like i started a trend with painting my abp, the being silver looks good on urs and vollys car, but clashes with my abp..

 

Nice job! How long did this take you after you removed the fog light from the bumper?

 

the hardest part was trying to find a chemical to remove the chrome. after i found something that would remove the chrome about a day. had to let the paint dry and while it was drying i started to cut the lexan, than later that night glue it and let it sit for over night and put it on the car in the morning.

 

hey rajca what do you use to cut the lexan... by the way thank for the diy, my next thing to do on my list.

 

good DIY... kinda wish i would put the effort in and do this... too lazy tho!

 

why did you take off your front bumper again?? And by you painting the inner part of your fogs just reduces the output of the light, and fogs really do help, so that would be a no-no for me by all means, the more light output i can get is the better for me for driving and I would say for any other driver. I only use my 3K F0Gs reguardless time of day....its YELLOW F0Gs squad for us out here in Queens........and BK too well for my set.

 

Where did your H go?? in the Spring I will be buying brandnew headlights and fogs, its so cheap over here in NY. Nothing looks better than Brandnew shit well to me.

 

waz up guys, im new to zine i have a question,where can i get a couple of acurazine stickers in red? Also where do i go to, to post a pic and a different name?

 

the stickers not sure, but to create a new thread to post pics, click in photography and you will see create new thread on the top, and if you want a new user name, you just need to create one.

 

no one cares what u think is a nono

most people use the fogs for show, i use em for show, theres never any fog here where i live so who cares

 

dude, this is the second thread that ive read that u want to know where to get stickers. donation is the only way to get stickers unless someone is selling some, u cant make then bc the admins wont approve of that.
donate $20 for the charity drive and youll get 2 , not sure of the color options tho

 

i took it off bc i had to install the fogs and glue my (H) on. its more for show then light out put. yes it did dim teh light out put a bit but not much.

o and your new fogs are gonna crack soon anyway and your just going to have to be buying new ones over and over again, in the long run ur going to spend a lot on fogs.

havent had any problems with my fogs, and lexan is stronger than glass.

 

i just did mine today. i gotta admit, this thread helped out a whole bunch! thanks alot rajca for a great write up. btw, i used chrome paint instead of silver. the pics. make the chrome look flat. but it looks better in person. i did 3 coats of primer and 3 of the chrome. oh and i got some silicon on the outside of the lens. no biggie...

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This could be my next little thing to do. I have one cracked lens.

 

sweeet diy! i gotta do this... one of my fog lights has a crack in it and has moister inside... so where did you get the lexan glass and was it easy to cut?

 

i got the lexan glass from home depot and cut it with a roto zip. you could also sure a dremal if u want, just takes longer. since i did the project i have no cracks, no yellowing, and the lexan glass lookes just as good as the first day i put it in.

 

hmm... alright. i'll head down to home depot sometime this week to see what they have.. thanks man.. oh, btw, how much did it cost for the lexan glass? around 20?

 

for two small sheets (enough for one fog light) $10 or $20 dont remember if it was $10 a piece or for both.

 

hey just looking for an update. How have the home depot lexan replacements worked? How have the ebay lexan replacements worked? Any melting? Discoloring?

 

still holding up fine, when i drive my car (rarely: doing a huge mod to it) i have no problems with the lexan getting hot, melting, or showing signs of melting.

 

LOOKS good, keep up the good work
great DIY with instructions.

 

I did the same thing and noticed that my fogs stared to fog up a bit.....really irritating... but when the lights are on, it is not that noticeable. I think it is the Duplicolor Chrome that did it....